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Death of Kurt Cobain

On April 8, 1994, Kurt Cobain was discovered in the greenhouse above his garage at his Lake Washington house by Veca Electric employee Gary Smith. Smith arrived at the house in the morning to install security lighting and saw Cobain lying inside. Smith found what he thought might be a suicide note with a pen stuck through it beneath an overturned flowerpot. A shotgun, purchased for Cobain by Dylan Carlson, was found resting on Cobain's chest. Cobain's death certificate stated that his death was a result of a "contact perforating shotgun wound to the head", and concluded his death a suicide. The report estimated Cobain to have died on April 5, 1994.

Advocates of the verdict (death by self-inflicted gunshot wound) cite Cobain's persistent drug addiction, clinical depression, and handwritten suicide note as conclusive proof. Members of Cobain's family have also noted patterns of depression and instability in Kurt before he achieved fame. Cobain himself mentioned that his stomach pains from an undiagnosed stomach condition during Nirvana's 1991 European tour were so severe, he became suicidal and stated that taking heroin was "[his] choice", stating "This is the only thing that's saving me from blowing my head off right now."

Cobain's cousin Beverly, a nurse, pointed out that there was a family history of suicide. Beverly claimed that bipolar disorder and his struggles with drug addiction led him to commit suicide.

In Charles Cross's Heavier than Heaven, bandmate Krist Novoselic talked about seeing Cobain in the days before the intervention: "He was really quiet. He was just estranged from all of his relationships. He wasn't connecting with anybody." An offer to buy a nice dinner for Cobain resulted in Novoselic unintentionally driving him to score heroin. "His dealer was right there. He wanted to get fucked up into oblivion. ... He wanted to die, that's what he wanted to do." In his own book, Of Grunge and Government: Let's Fix This Broken Democracy, Novoselic alluded to circumstances of Cobain's death: "Tragically, [Cobain] picked the wrong way to resign from the position he was thrust into."

Kurt Cobains død

Den 8. april 1994 blev Kurt Cobain opdaget i drivhuset over hans garage på hans Lake Washington-hus af Veca Electric-medarbejder Gary Smith. Smith ankom til huset om morgenen for at installere en sikkerhedsbelysning og så Cobain ligge indeni i drivhuset. Smith fandt, hvad han mente kunne være et selvmordsnotat med en kuglepen stukket gennem det under en væltet urtepotte. Et haglgevær købt for Cobain af Dylan Carlson blev fundet hvilende på Cobains bryst. Cobains dødscertifikat erklærede, at hans død var et resultat af et "sår i hovedet fra haglgevær", og hans død blev fastslået som selvmord. I rapporten anslås Cobain at være død den 5. april 1994.

Fortalere for dommen (død ved selvforskyldt skudsår) dækker over Cobains vedholdende stofmisbrug, klinisk depression og den håndskrevne selvmordsbemærkning som afgørende beviser. Medlemmer af Cobains familie har også bemærket mønstre af depression og ustabilitet i Kurt, før han opnåede berømmelse. Cobain nævnte selv, at hans mavesmerter fra en udiagnosticeret mavetilstand, som havde stået på siden Nirvanas Europa-turné i 1991, var så alvorlige, at han blev selvmordstænkende, og han oplyste at tage heroin var "[hans] valg", idet "Dette er det eneste, der redder mig fra at blæse mit hoved af lige nu."

Cobains kusineBeverly, en sygeplejerske, påpegede, at der var en familiehistorie af selvmord. Beverly hævdede, at hans bipolare lidelse og hans kampe med stofmisbrug førte ham til at begå selvmord.

I Charles Cross' "Heavier than Heaven" talte bandmedlem Krist Novoselic om at se Cobain i dagene før indgrebet: "Han var virkelig stille. Han var bare fremmedgjort fra alle sine relationer. Han var ikke til at forbinde med nogen." Et tilbud om at købe en dejlig middag for Cobain resulterede i, at Novoselic utilsigtet skulle køre ham for at score heroin. "Hans forhandler var lige der. Han ønskede at blive kneppet op i glemmebogen .... Han ønskede at dø, det er, hvad han ønskede." I sin egen bog, Of Grunge and Government: Let's Fix This Broken Democracy, hentydede Novoselic til omstændighederne ved Cobains død: "Tragisk valgte Cobain den forkerte vej - at fratræde den stilling, han blev kastet ind i."